Chapter 8: The Magic Pool of Oz
When deciding to look for "Xiao Qi", Chen Dao imagined what it would be like when he met her.
Including how to say hello, how to gain trust, how to use the understanding of the "Otherworldly Little Seven" to arouse the interest of the "Little Seven in this world", to be able to know normally, and not to be treated as an old pervert with bad intentions.
He designed dozens of possible dialogues, imagined a variety of encounter scenarios, and carried out very in-depth deductions, thinking that there should be a way to take the initiative to get to know her without arousing the disgust of "Xiao Qi".
But none of these assumptions and deductions are the current scenario, not even close.
Hearing Chen Dao's rhetorical question, seeing his expression that wanted to laugh a little, "Xiao Qi" pursed his lips, it seemed a little cramped, but he still said: "Actually, I just want to know about your mental journey at that time, is it because I saw that the knife-wielding murderer himself made people elevated, or more because I wanted to protect your girlfriend?" β
"Girlfriend?" Chen Dao said strangely, "I don't have a girlfriend." β
"Huh? You're not...... Oh, that's because you like that girl, but she hasn't promised you yet, and she's not officially together? "Xiao Qi" asked.
"It's not." Chen Dao replied.
"Not? Then why do you, a student at NTU, keep running here and come here to eat today? You're coming from NTU, you have to take a long car ride, right? "Xiao Qi" had a disbelieving expression.
Chen Dao said: "I like your delicacies more, such as the beef noodles in this house, the meat swallows by the corner pavilion in front, the fried fish steak in the Western restaurant, and the braised pork rice in the Yuexia Restaurant, all of which are delicious." β
"Xiao Qi" was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously said: "I thought you were a lover, but I didn't expect you to be a foodie?!" β
She sighed and gave Chen Dao a thumbs up: "But I have to say that you have good taste, these companies do have a hand in making things, and the dishes you mentioned are the essence of these restaurants." β
"I agree to be interviewed by you." Chen Dao said suddenly.
"Huh?" "Xiao Qi" was stunned for a moment before he reacted: "Oh, that's great, thank you!" β
Chen Dao immediately added: "But I want to take a look at your student ID first, don't say you didn't bring it, I know that all colleges and universities in our city have electronic student IDs, and you have to brush them when you go to the cafeteria to eat, I want to take a look at it and prove your identity." β
"Xiao Qi" said with a slightly twisted expression: "It's okay if you don't want to be interviewed......
Chen Dao said: "No, I want to be interviewed, but I just want to verify your identity first." Wait, are you going to ...... Not a student, right? β
"No, I'm really a student, but ......" Xiao Qi scratched her head with some annoyance, and then simply took out her mobile phone, called up her student ID information, and put it in front of Chen Dao.
Sure enough, the student ID card is not a journalism and communication major, but an applied chemistry major.
"But I'm not actually a graduate student majoring in journalism, and I didn't come to talk to you for an interview, but I was just curious." "Little Seven" whispered.
Chen Dao looked at the name on the student ID card and said, "Your name is Liang Yun?" β
"Ah yes, my name is Liang Yun, this is indeed my student ID, you see the photo above." "Xiao Qi" thought that Chen Dao was still questioning the authenticity of the student ID, and she said a little embarrassedly: "I just think that if you are a student majoring in journalism and communication, it will be more natural to do interviews." β
Chen Dao gently pushed her phone back, nodded and said, "If you want to know anything, just ask." β
"Knowing" for more than 20 years, it was not until today that he knew the full name of "Xiao Qi" for the first time, and there was a strange sense of unreality.
"That...... Can you really ask? Liang Yun said cautiously.
"Of course."
"Then I'll ask." Liang Yun perked up and asked, "How did you feel when you saw that person suddenly take out a knife?" Is it scary? You must be scared, right? β
"I didn't think too much about it, I just thought about how to subdue him." Chen Dao said.
Naturally, he couldn't tell the truth, he had already seen that the man should be carrying a sharp weapon, and he was even more excited when he saw the knife.
"Have you ever practiced martial arts, martial arts, or something? When ordinary people see a knife coming out, their instinct should be to dodge, right? Liang Yun said curiously.
Chen Dao said: "No, I am born with divine power. β
Liang Yun was stunned for a second before she realized that this was a movie meme, and then burst out laughing.
She wanted to stop after laughing twice, but it seemed that the more she wanted to stop, the more funny she felt, and the more funny she felt, the more she couldn't stop, so she laughed for a while, and tears came out of her eyes.
Chen Dao is very calm, the "Xiao Qi" in the other world laughs strangely like this, he has long been used to it.
"I'm sorry, I'm out of shape......" Liang Yun wiped her eyes.
"It's okay, Mrs. Shi is smiling, Lao Wei is not in a hurry." Chen Dao said naturally.
Liang Yun was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again.
She simply lay on the table, her shoulders trembling slightly, and laughed in one breath.
It took a moment for her to look up, her face flushed, her eyes watering with tears, and she took a deep breath.
It was easy to adjust the state, Liang Yun gave Chen Dao a warning look, and said, "Don't play treasure anymore, my laughter is too low!" β
Chen Dao nodded, he actually knew that Liang Yun's laughter was not a matter of high or low, her laughter was just a point, a "point" with a strange position, as long as it was poked, it would make her laugh down.
That "point" is difficult to describe, but Chen Dao is too familiar and can find that "point" very accurately in any topic.
Liang Yun looked at Chen Dao's thickly bandaged left hand and said:
"I see that the whole palm of your hand was pierced by a knife, but you didn't shout, and you didn't make a sound when you hit the murderer. Later, the man was subdued, and you stood next to you, looking very rational and calm, as if the knife was not in your hand. You...... Doesn't it hurt? β
"It hurts." Chen Dao said, "It's just that I'm more tolerant." β
"But why endure? At that time, can't you cry out when you feel pain? Liang Yun was puzzled.
"Patience will make you stronger." Chen Dao said.
In fact, the threshold for his consciousness to bear pain has been stretched extremely high by more than 30 years of experience in the other world, and the pain of being pierced by a knife in his left hand is "expected" and "actively acceptable" to him.
Even if he is actively experiencing and feeling this pain, he will naturally not have much pain reaction until the pain is beyond the control of his body.
But these, in the world now, naturally no one can understand.
Even if it is the "Xiao Qi" in front of her, she has no experience in the other world, even if she is told, she will not understand.
Liang Yun said with some sighs: "Admire, admire, you are really amazing." If it were me, I guess my legs would be weak when I saw the man come out with a knife, and I wouldn't even be able to run. Ay? What are you laughing at? Am I timid to joke? β
Chen Dao shook his head with a smile and said, "Are you full?" When we're full, let's change places and have a drink, and then let's continue talking. I know of a shop where the drinks are delicious and the desserts are delicious. β
In fact, he just thought about what would happen if it was "Xiao Qi" who crossed back from the other world, facing the knife-wielding murderer.
With his understanding of "Xiao Qi", if "Xiao Qi" judged that his body in this world was too weak, the tactics he adopted would definitely be violent and ruthless, and he even suspected that the murderer would be directly killed by "Xiao Qi".
When he was in the other world, "Xiao Qi's" fighting style was even more crazy and lifeless than him.
Looking at the tall and lovely girl in front of her, Chen Dao knew that under this sweet appearance, there was a resolute and brave heart - she didn't know how brave and crazy she could be now.
Hearing the invitation, Liang Yun hesitated for a second, she felt that it seemed a little strange to go out for drinks alone with Chen Dao when she first met, but after thinking about it, it seemed that she had taken the initiative to talk to Chen Dao, and weren't they "interviewing"?
So Liang Yun nodded and got up: "Okay, let's go, but let's say okay first, I'll treat you as an 'interview fee', hehe." β
"No problem." Chen Dao agreed very simply, and he didn't mean to fight for the bill at all.
The shop Chen Dao said was not far from here, and it took more than ten minutes to arrive.
After confirming that Chen Dao took the store he was going to, Liang Yun couldn't help but smile and said: "I now believe that you came here for food, and your taste in choosing a store is really good." β
Chen Dao smiled and didn't say anything. His criterion for choosing a restaurant is the taste of "Xiao Qi", and during this time, he tried most of the restaurants in the vicinity, combined with the communication in the other world, he naturally knows which restaurants will be liked and liked by "Xiao Qi".
directly found a place to sit down, and when Liang Yun was about to use her mobile phone to scan the QR code to order, Chen Dao hooked her hand and motioned for the mobile phone to be handed over.
"What do you want to drink, I'll order it for you?" Liang Yun said, "I still come to this store quite often, I should know better what is delicious." β
Chen Dao said: "I'll help you order, let's make a bet, you must not have drunk what I ordered, if I win, you go back and invite me to eat 'Lao Niu's house' again, if I lose, I will invite you to eat 'Lao Niu's house' once, or other restaurants that you can designate and have a per capita consumption of less than 200." "Lao Niu's house" is the restaurant where the two of them just had lunch, and the name is not specialized in beef, but the owner's surname is Niu.
Liang Yun laughed: "You are too rigorous, and you deliberately emphasize the price, are you afraid that the lion will open your mouth after I win?" In that case, why make such a bet? β
"I think it's funny." Chen Dao said, "Bet? β
"Then try it." Liang Yun also thought it was quite interesting, "But I have to remind you that I often come to this shop, and I have drunk most of the drinks here." β
Chen Dao smiled, then took her phone and began to order it.
It took less than three seconds for him to order everything the two of them wanted to drink and place an order.
Liang Yun took back her mobile phone and couldn't help but be stunned when she saw the two cups of "Green Magic Pool Coffee (Ice)" ordered by Chen Dao.
She hadn't really drunk this drink before, because she thought the mung bean sand and coffee were a bit too magical, so although she had always been curious about what it tasted like, she never ordered it.
"I'm really right for you, yes, I owe you a 'old cow'. Or go to other restaurants and restaurants, less than 200 per person, hey. β
After payment, two drinks were delivered very quickly.
Liang Yun tasted it, her eyes immediately narrowed, she looked at her cup, and took another sip.
"How's it taste?" Chen Dao took a sip of his own and asked. He didn't care much about the taste of this drink, but he cared more about Liang Yun's feelings.
"How so...... It's weird, but unexpectedly, it's delicious. Liang Yun said, "By the way, how did you come up with the idea of ordering this?" Have you drunk it before? β
"Drunk." Chen Dao said.
A few days ago, when he was "stepping on the spot" around here, he stayed in this store a few times, and every time he would order this "Green Magic Pool Coffee".
It's not that he is particularly fond of this taste, but when he was in the other world, he heard "Xiao Qi" mention the name of "Green Magic Pool" too many times.
When they were chatting about food, "Little Seven" would mention the drink with a name that didn't sound serious when she imagined something she hadn't tasted beforeβbecause she had thought about trying it when she had been to the restaurant countless times before the crossing, but she hadn't tried it every time.
So she often talks to Chen Dao, imagining what mung bean salba coffee will taste like and whether it tastes good or not.
He also relied on the special drink name that "Xiao Qi" had never drunk before, and locked the store she often went to in this world, so as to further lock the school she attended and the scope of activities.
Looking at Liang Yun on the opposite side and drinking a small half cup after a while, Chen Dao said softly in his heart:
Xiao Qi, you have drunk "Magic Pond Coffee", you think it tastes weird, but it tastes good.